挑剔

picky / fussy

Characters and words in 挑剔

to carry on a shoulder pole / to choose / to pick / to nitpick

挑 = 兆 + 扌 : In front of the aorta (ao1) Mother Teresa (ti) is carrying two vultures (兆) on a toy claw (扌) used as shoulder stick (挑).

挑

tiǎo = ti + ao3

to raise / to dig up / to poke / to prick / to incite / to stir up

挑 = 兆 + 扌 : Mother Teresa (ti) is lying motionless inside of the aorta (ao3). The vultures (兆) want to know if she's already dead, so they poke (挑) her with a toy claw (扌).

剔

ti̅ = ti + Ø1

to scrape the meat from bones / to pick (teeth etc) / to weed out

剔 = 刂 + 易 : Mother Teresa (ti) is picking her teeth (剔) in front of the space station (Ø1) with a kitchen knife (刂). She got something stuck in her teeth but it should be easy (易) to remove since it is only a puzzle consisting of two pieces (易).